Prince Edward County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Prince edward county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,257	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	242	3.3
Kindergarten	161	2.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,012	27.7
High school (grades 9-12)	957	13.2
College or graduate school	3,885	53.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,089	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,300	11.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,036	18.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,147	28.4
Some college, no degree	1,996	18.0
Associate degree	484	4.4
Bachelor's degree	1,193	10.8
Graduate or professional degree	933	8.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,407	100.0
Never married	5,343	32.6
Now married, except separated	8,026	48.9
Separated	494	3.0
Widowed	1,372	8.4
Female	1,104	6.7
Divorced	1,172	7.1
Female	569	3.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	572	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	246	43.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,707	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,607	10.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,906	100.0
With a disability	362	6.1

Population 21 to 64 years	9,681	100.0
With a disability	2,208	22.8
Percent employed	53.2	(X)
No disability	7,473	77.2
Percent employed	70.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,624	100.0
With a disability	1,279	48.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,807	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,267	54.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,339	44.3
Same county	2,576	13.7
Different county	5,763	30.6
Same state	4,193	22.3
Different state	1,570	8.3
Elsewhere in 1995	201	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,720	100.0
Native	19,449	98.6
Born in United States	19,325	98.0
State of residence	14,560	73.8
Different state	4,765	24.2
Born outside United States	124	0.6
Foreign born	271	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	66	0.3
Naturalized citizen	145	0.7
Not a citizen	126	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	271	100.0
Europe	85	31.4
Asia	104	38.4
Africa	34	12.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	30	11.1
Northern America	18	6.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,807	100.0
English only	17,829	94.8
Language other than English	978	5.2
Speak English less than 'very well	344	1.8
Spanish	517	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	185	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	314	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	113	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	126	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	46	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,720	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,969	86.0
Arab	11	0.1
Czech¹	18	0.1
Danish	31	0.2
Dutch	64	0.3
English	1,856	9.4
French (except Basque)¹	375	1.9
French Canadian¹	17	0.1
German	1,653	8.4
Greek	76	0.4
Hungarian	22	0.1
Irish¹	1,194	6.1
Italian	489	2.5
Lithuanian	14	0.1
Norwegian	65	0.3
Polish	182	0.9
Portuguese	27	0.1
Russian	16	0.1
Scotch-Irish	612	3.1
Scottish	239	1.2
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	328	1.7
Swedish	77	0.4
Swiss	94	0.5
Ukrainian	10	0.1
United States or American	2,530	12.8
Welsh	95	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	63	0.3
Other ancestries	6,811	34.5

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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